different between syringe vs thermometer

English

Etymology

From French seringue, from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s????nd?/, /s????nd?/
• Hyphenation: sy?ringe
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

syringe (plural syringes)

1. A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
2. A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

Usage notes

• Syringe mostly refers specifically to medical devices for injecting drugs into a human body or drawing blood from one (or other human fluids), but the broader definition sees occasional use, particularly in specialized fields.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• inject
• intravenous
• needle
• shoot up

Verb

syringe (third-person singular simple present syringes, present participle syringing, simple past and past participle syringed)

1. To clean, or inject fluid, by means of a syringe.

   Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!

Translations

Further reading

• syringe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Rigneys, Yingers, reysing

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sy??rin.?e/, [s?y???????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si?rin.d??e/, [si??in??d???]
• Homophone: S?ringe

Noun

s?ringe f

1. ablative singular of s?rinx

English

Alternative forms

• thermometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from French thermomètre, equivalent to thermo- +? -meter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???m?m?t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m?m?t?/
• Hyphenation: ther?mom?e?ter
• Rhymes: -?m?t?(?)

Noun

thermometer (plural thermometers)

1. An apparatus used to measure temperature.
   • 1835, John Ross, James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pages 284-5:

     Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

   • 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "The Mountains of Pi":

     The brothers had thrust the thermometer between two circuit boards in order to look for hot spots inside m zero. The thermometer’s dial was marked “Beef Rare—Ham—Beef Med—Pork.” “You want to keep the machine below ‘Pork,’” Gregory remarked.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• barometer
• hygrometer
• temperature sensor

Anagrams

• thermometre

Dutch

Etymology

From thermo- +? meter.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ther?mo?me?ter

Noun

thermometer m (plural thermometers, diminutive thermometertje n)

1. thermometer

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: termometer